#36B797#36B797

#36B797 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.120 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B797
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 17.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -42.38, 6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 42.84, 171.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.1193 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.12 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0379, 36.8828, 35.1244)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B797 #B73656

analogous

#36B757 #36B797 #3697B7

triadic

#36B797 #9736B7 #B79736

tetradic

#36B797 #5736B7 #B73656 #97B736

square

#36B797 #5736B7 #B73656 #97B736

split-complementary

#36B797 #B73697 #B75736

monochromatic

#1A5849 #288870 #36B797 #5BCFB2 #8BDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#36B797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B797

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B797	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.120 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdb5',
    500: '#36b797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b797;
$custom-light: #7fcdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.116,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70202,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B797

secondary

#C78293

accent

#4A6FDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B797

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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